—Hymn to Bel.
Ninib, whose command is not altered.
—Ninib 4:32.
The word of the deity has its mysterious independent existence:
Thy word is like the distant heaven and the concealed earth, which no man can see
Thy word who can know it, who can compare with it?
—Hymn to Sin No. 5.
The word exerts its power in nature:
Thy word sounds on high like a storm wind and food and drink do abound;
The word makes fat stall and stable and multiplies living creatures.